Resource assignments for uplink control channel

ABSTRACT

A wireless communication method includes allocating physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) data in first slot to a first orthogonal cover code (OCC). The method also includes allocating PUCCH data in a second slot of the same subframe to a different orthogonal cover code (OCC). Another method includes mapping PUCCH resources to physical resource blocks based on a user equipment (UE) specific signaling parameter (e.g., a resource index) and a number of symbols in a slot of a subframe.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

The present application is a divisional of U.S. patent application Ser.No. 13/269,480, to GAAL et al., filed on Oct. 7, 2011, which claims thebenefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61/391,991, to GAALet al., filed on Oct. 11, 2010, and U.S. Provisional Patent ApplicationNo. 61/411,854, to GAAL et al., filed on Nov. 9, 2010, the disclosuresof which are expressly incorporated by reference herein in theirentireties.

BACKGROUND

I. Field

The present disclosure relates generally to communications, and morespecifically to techniques for allocating transmission resources in a(long term evolution (LTE) wireless communication system

II. Background

Wireless communication networks are widely deployed to provide variouscommunication services such as voice, video, packet data, messaging,broadcast, etc. These wireless networks may be multiple-access networkscapable of supporting multiple users by sharing the available networkresources. A wireless communication network may include a number of basestations that can support communication for a number of user equipments(UEs). A UE may communicate with a base station via the downlink anduplink. The downlink (or forward link) refers to the communication linkfrom the base station to the UE, and the uplink (or reverse link) refersto the communication link from the UE to the base station.

A base station may transmit data and control information on the downlinkto a UE and/or may receive data and control information on the uplinkfrom the UE. On the downlink, a transmission from the base station mayencounter interference due to transmissions from neighbor base stationsor from other wireless radio frequency (RF) transmitters. On the uplink,a transmission from the UE may encounter interference from uplinktransmissions of other UEs communicating with the neighbor base stationsor from other wireless RF transmitters. This interference may degradeperformance on both the downlink and uplink.

As the demand for mobile broadband access continues to increase, thepossibilities of interference and congested networks grows with more UEsaccessing the long-range wireless communication networks and moreshort-range wireless systems being deployed in communities. Research anddevelopment continue to advance the UMTS technologies not only to meetthe growing demand for mobile broadband access, but to advance andenhance the user experience with mobile communications.

SUMMARY

These and other problems are solved by the disclosed techniques ofallocating resources, such as orthogonal cover codes (OCCs) to physicaluplink control channel (PUCCH) format 3 data, and PUCCH format 3resources to physical resource blocks (PRBs).

In one aspect, a method of wireless communication is disclosed. Themethod includes transmitting physical uplink control channel (PUCCH)data in a first slot of a subframe with a first orthogonal cover code(OCC). The method also includes transmitting physical uplink controlchannel (PUCCH) data in a second slot of the subframe with a secondorthogonal cover code that differs from the first OCC.

In another aspect, a method of wireless communication disclosesreceiving physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) data. The method alsodiscloses despreading the PUCCH data in a first slot of a subframehaving a first orthogonal cover code (OCC). Also discloses isdespreading the PUCCH data in a second slot of the subframe having asecond orthogonal cover code that differs from the first OCC.

Another aspect discloses a method of wireless communication thatincludes determining a user equipment (UE) specific signaling parameter.Also included is transmitting in accordance with physical uplink controlchannel (PUCCH) resources mapped to physical resource blocks (PRBs)based on the user equipment (UE) specific signaling parameter and anumber of symbols in a slot of a subframe.

In another aspect, a method of wireless communication disclosesdetermining a user equipment (UE) specific signaling parameter. Alsoincluded is receiving in accordance with physical uplink control channel(PUCCH) resources mapped to physical resource blocks (PRBs) based on theuser equipment (UE) specific signaling parameter and a number of symbolsin a slot of a subframe.

Another aspect discloses wireless communication having a memory and atleast one processor coupled to the memory. The processor(s) isconfigured to transmit physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) data in afirst slot of a subframe with a first orthogonal cover code (OCC). Theprocessor is also configured to transmit physical uplink control channel(PUCCH) data in a second slot of the subframe with a second orthogonalcover code that differs from the first OCC.

In another aspect, a wireless communication having a memory and at leastone processor coupled to the memory is disclosed. The processor(s) isconfigured to receive physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) data andto despread the PUCCH data in a first slot of a subframe having a firstorthogonal cover code (OCC). The processor(s) is also configured todespread the PUCCH data in a second slot of the subframe having a secondorthogonal cover code that differs from the first OCC.

Another aspect discloses wireless communication having a memory and atleast one processor coupled to the memory. The processor(s) isconfigured to determine a user equipment (UE) specific signalingparameter. The processor(s) is also configured to transmit in accordancewith physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resources mapped tophysical resource blocks (PRBs) based on the user equipment (UE)specific signaling parameter and a number of symbols in a slot of asubframe.

In another aspect, a wireless communication having a memory and at leastone processor coupled to the memory is disclosed. The processor(s) isconfigured to determining a user equipment (UE) specific signalingparameter. The processor(s) is also configured to receive in accordancewith physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resources mapped tophysical resource blocks (PRBs) based on a user equipment (UE) specificsignaling parameter and a number of symbols in a slot of a subframe.

In another aspect, an apparatus for wireless communication is disclosedand includes means for transmitting physical uplink control channel(PUCCH) data in a first slot of a subframe with a first orthogonal covercode (OCC). Also included is means for transmitting physical uplinkcontrol channel (PUCCH) data in a second slot of the subframe with asecond orthogonal cover code that differs from the first OCC.

Another aspect discloses an apparatus including means for receivingphysical uplink control channel (PUCCH) data. Also included is means fordespreading the PUCCH data in a first slot of a subframe having a firstorthogonal cover code (OCC) and means for despreading the PUCCH data ina second slot of the subframe having a second orthogonal cover code thatdiffers from the first OCC.

In another aspect, an apparatus for wireless communication is disclosedand includes means for determining a user equipment (UE) specificsignaling parameter. Also included is means for transmitting inaccordance with physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resources mappedto physical resource blocks (PRBs) based on the user equipment (UE)specific signaling parameter and a number of symbols in a slot of asubframe.

Another aspect discloses an apparatus including means for determining auser equipment (UE) specific signaling parameter. Also included is meansfor receiving in accordance with physical uplink control channel (PUCCH)resources mapped to physical resource blocks (PRBs) based on a userequipment (UE) specific signaling parameter and a number of symbols in aslot of a subframe.

In another aspect, a computer program product for wirelesscommunications in a wireless network is disclosed. The computer readablemedium has program code recorded thereon which, when executed by theprocessor(s), causes the processor(s) to perform operations oftransmitting physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) data in a firstslot of a subframe with a first orthogonal cover code (OCC). The programcode also causes the processor(s) to transmit physical uplink controlchannel (PUCCH) data in a second slot of the subframe with a secondorthogonal cover code that differs from the first OCC.

Another aspect discloses a computer program product for wirelesscommunications in a wireless network. The computer readable medium hasprogram code recorded thereon which, when executed by the processor(s),causes the processor(s) to perform operations of receiving physicaluplink control channel (PUCCH) data. The program code also causes theprocessor(s) to despread the PUCCH data in a first slot of a subframehaving a first orthogonal cover code (OCC) and to despread the PUCCHdata in a second slot of the subframe having a second orthogonal covercode that differs from the first OCC.

In another aspect, a computer program product for wirelesscommunications in a wireless network is disclosed. The computer readablemedium has program code recorded thereon which, when executed by theprocessor(s), causes the processor(s) to perform operations ofdetermining the user equipment (UE) specific signaling parameter. Theprogram code also causes the processor(s) to transmit in accordance withphysical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resources mapped to physicalresource blocks (PRBs) based on a user equipment (UE) specific signalingparameter and a number of symbols in a slot of a subframe.

Another aspect discloses a computer program product for wirelesscommunications in a wireless network. The computer readable medium hasprogram code recorded thereon which, when executed by the processor(s),causes the processor(s) to perform operations of determining a userequipment (UE) specific signaling parameter. The program code alsocauses the processor(s) to receive in accordance with physical uplinkcontrol channel (PUCCH) resources mapped to physical resource blocks(PRBs) based on a user equipment (UE) specific signaling parameter and anumber of symbols in a slot of a subframe.

In one aspect, a method of wireless communication is disclosed. Themethod includes determining a user equipment (UE) specific signalingparameter. Also included is transmitting the UE specific signalingparameters to a UE to select a first and a second orthogonal cover code(OCC) used for PUCCH data transmission.

Another aspect discloses wireless communication having a memory and atleast one processor coupled to the memory. The processor(s) isconfigured to determine a user equipment (UE) specific signalingparameter. The processor(s) is also configured to transmit the UEspecific signaling parameters to a UE to select a first and a secondorthogonal cover code (OCC) used for PUCCH data transmission.

Another aspect discloses an apparatus including means for means fordetermining a user equipment (UE) specific signaling parameter. Alsoincluded is means for transmitting the UE specific signaling parametersto a UE to select a first and a second orthogonal cover code (OCC) usedfor PUCCH data transmission.

In another aspect, a computer program product for wirelesscommunications in a wireless network is disclosed. The computer readablemedium has program code recorded thereon which, when executed by theprocessor(s), causes the processor(s) to perform operations of programcode to determine a user equipment (UE) specific signaling parameter.The program code also causes the processor(s) to transmit the UEspecific signaling parameters to a UE to select a first and a secondorthogonal cover code (OCC) used for PUCCH data transmission.

This has outlined, rather broadly, the features and technical advantagesof the present disclosure in order that the detailed description thatfollows may be better understood. Additional features and advantages ofthe disclosure will be described below. It should be appreciated bythose skilled in the art that this disclosure may be readily utilized asa basis for modifying or designing other structures for carrying out thesame purposes of the present disclosure. It should also be realized bythose skilled in the art that such equivalent constructions do notdepart from the teachings of the disclosure as set forth in the appendedclaims. The novel features, which are believed to be characteristic ofthe disclosure, both as to its organization and method of operation,together with further objects and advantages, will be better understoodfrom the following description when considered in connection with theaccompanying figures. It is to be expressly understood, however, thateach of the figures is provided for the purpose of illustration anddescription only and is not intended as a definition of the limits ofthe present disclosure.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a block diagram conceptually illustrating an example of amobile communication system.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram conceptually illustrating an example of adownlink frame structure in a mobile communication system.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram conceptually illustrating an exemplary framestructure in uplink communications.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram conceptually illustrating a design of a basestation/eNodeB and a UE configured according to an aspect of the presentdisclosure.

FIG. 5 is an example physical resource block allocation for PUCCHaccording to an aspect of the present disclosure.

FIG. 6 is a flow chart illustrating a process of wireless communicationaccording to an aspect of the present disclosure.

FIG. 7 is a flow chart illustrating a process of wireless communicationaccording to another aspect of the present disclosure.

FIG. 8 is a flow chart illustrating a process of wireless communicationaccording to another aspect of the present disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The detailed description set forth below, in connection with theappended drawings, is intended as a description of variousconfigurations and is not intended to represent the only configurationsin which the concepts described herein may be practiced. The detaileddescription includes specific details for the purpose of providing athorough understanding of the various concepts. However, it will beapparent to those skilled in the art that these concepts may bepracticed without these specific details. In some instances, well-knownstructures and components are shown in block diagram form in order toavoid obscuring such concepts.

The techniques described herein may be used for various wirelesscommunication networks such as Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA),Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA), Frequency Division Multiple Access(FDMA), Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA),Single-Carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access (SC-FDMA) and othernetworks. The terms “network” and “system” are often usedinterchangeably. A CDMA network may implement a radio technology, suchas Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (UTRA), TelecommunicationsIndustry Association's (TIA's) CDMA2000®, and the like. The UTRAtechnology includes Wideband CDMA (WCDMA) and other variants of CDMA.The CDMA2000® technology includes the IS-2000, IS-95 and IS-856standards from the Electronics Industry Alliance (EIA) and TIA. A TDMAnetwork may implement a radio technology, such as Global System forMobile Communications (GSM). An OFDMA network may implement a radiotechnology, such as Evolved UTRA (E-UTRA), Ultra Mobile Broadband (UMB),IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi), IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX), IEEE 802.20, Flash-OFDMA, andthe like. The UTRA and E-UTRA technologies are part of Universal MobileTelecommunication System (UMTS). 3GPP Long Term Evolution (LTE) andLTE-Advanced (LTE-A) are newer releases of the UMTS that use E-UTRA.UTRA, E-UTRA, UMTS, LTE, LTE-A and GSM are described in documents froman organization called the “3rd Generation Partnership Project” (3GPP).CDMA2000® and UMB are described in documents from an organization calledthe “3rd Generation Partnership Project 2” (3GPP2). The techniquesdescribed herein may be used for the wireless networks and radio accesstechnologies mentioned above, as well as other wireless networks andradio access technologies. For clarity, certain aspects of thetechniques are described below for LTE or LTE-A (together referred to inthe alternative as “LTE/-A”) and use such LTE/-A terminology in much ofthe description below.

FIG. 1 shows a wireless communication network 100, which may be anLTE/-A network that assigns resources as described below. The wirelessnetwork 100 includes a number of evolved node Bs (eNodeBs) 110 and othernetwork entities. An eNodeB may be a station that communicates with theUEs and may also be referred to as a base station, a node B, an accesspoint, and the like. Each eNodeB 110 may provide communication coveragefor a particular geographic area. In 3GPP, the term “cell” can refer tothis particular geographic coverage area of an eNodeB and/or an eNodeBsubsystem serving the coverage area, depending on the context in whichthe term is used.

An eNodeB may provide communication coverage for a macro cell, a picocell, a femto cell, and/or other types of cell. A macro cell generallycovers a relatively large geographic area (e.g., several kilometers inradius) and may allow unrestricted access by UEs with servicesubscriptions with the network provider. A pico cell would generallycover a relatively smaller geographic area and may allow unrestrictedaccess by UEs with service subscriptions with the network provider. Afemto cell would also generally cover a relatively small geographic area(e.g., a home) and, in addition to unrestricted access, may also providerestricted access by UEs having an association with the femto cell(e.g., UEs in a closed subscriber group (CSG), UEs for users in thehome, and the like). An eNodeB for a macro cell may be referred to as amacro eNodeB. An eNodeB for a pico cell may be referred to as a picoeNodeB. And, an eNodeB for a femto cell may be referred to as a femtoeNodeB or a home eNodeB. In the example shown in FIG. 1, the eNodeBs 110a, 110 b and 110 c are macro eNodeBs for the macro cells 102 a, 102 band 102 c, respectively. The eNodeB 110 x is a pico eNodeB for a picocell 102 x. And, the eNodeBs 110 y and 110 z are femto eNodeBs for thefemto cells 102 y and 102 z, respectively. An eNodeB may support one ormultiple (e.g., two, three, four, and the like) cells.

The wireless network 100 may also include relay stations. A relaystation is a station that receives a transmission of data and/or otherinformation from an upstream station (e.g., an eNodeB, UE, etc.) andsends a transmission of the data and/or other information to adownstream station (e.g., a UE or an eNodeB). A relay station may alsobe a UE that relays transmissions for other UEs. In the example shown inFIG. 1, a relay station 110 r may communicate with the eNodeB 110 a anda UE 120 r in order to facilitate communication between the eNodeB 110 aand the UE 120 r. A relay station may also be referred to as a relayeNodeB, a relay, etc.

The wireless network 100 may be a heterogeneous network that includeseNodeBs of different types, e.g., macro eNodeBs, pico eNodeBs, femtoeNodeBs, relays, etc. These different types of eNodeBs may havedifferent transmit power levels, different coverage areas, and differentimpact on interference in the wireless network 100. For example, macroeNodeBs may have a high transmit power level (e.g., 20 Watts) whereaspico eNodeBs, femto eNodeBs and relays may have a lower transmit powerlevel (e.g., 1 Watt).

The wireless network 100 may support synchronous or asynchronousoperation. For synchronous operation, the eNodeBs may have similar frametiming, and transmissions from different eNodeBs may be approximatelyaligned in time. For asynchronous operation, the eNodeBs may havedifferent frame timing, and transmissions from different eNodeBs may notbe aligned in time. The techniques described herein may be used foreither synchronous or asynchronous operations.

In one aspect, the wireless network 100 may support Frequency DivisionDuplex (FDD) or Time Division Duplex (TDD) modes of operation. Thetechniques described herein may be used for FDD or TDD mode ofoperation.

A network controller 130 may couple to a set of eNodeBs 110 and providecoordination and control for these eNodeBs 110. The network controller130 may communicate with the eNodeBs 110 via a backhaul. The eNodeBs 110may also communicate with one another, e.g., directly or indirectly viaa wireless backhaul or a wireline backhaul.

The UEs 120 (e.g., UE 120 x, UE 120 y, etc.) are dispersed throughoutthe wireless network 100, and each UE may be stationary or mobile. A UEmay also be referred to as a terminal, a user terminal, a mobilestation, a subscriber unit, a station, or the like. A UE may be acellular phone (e.g., a smart phone), a personal digital assistant(PDA), a wireless modem, a wireless communication device, a handhelddevice, a laptop computer, a cordless phone, a wireless local loop (WLL)station, a tablet, a netbook, a smart book, or the like. A UE may beable to communicate with macro eNodeBs, pico eNodeBs, femto eNodeBs,relays, and the like. In FIG. 1, a solid line with double arrowsindicates desired transmissions between a UE and a serving eNodeB, whichis an eNodeB designated to serve the UE on the downlink and/or uplink. Adashed line with double arrows indicates interfering transmissionsbetween a UE and an eNodeB.

LTE/-A utilizes orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) on thedownlink and single-carrier frequency division multiplexing (SC-FDM) onthe uplink. OFDM and SC-FDM partition the system bandwidth into multiple(K) orthogonal subcarriers, which are also commonly referred to astones, bins, or the like. Each subcarrier may be modulated with data. Ingeneral, modulation symbols are sent in the frequency domain with OFDMand in the time domain with SC-FDM. The spacing between adjacentsubcarriers may be fixed, and the total number of subcarriers (K) may bedependent on the system bandwidth. For example, the spacing of thesubcarriers may be 15 kHz and the minimum resource allocation (called a‘resource block’) may be 12 subcarriers (or 180 kHz). Consequently, thenominal FFT size may be equal to 128, 256, 512, 1024 or 2048 for acorresponding system bandwidth of 1.25, 2.5, 5, 10 or 20 megahertz(MHz), respectively. The system bandwidth may also be partitioned intosub-bands. For example, a sub-band may cover 1.08 MHz (i.e., 6 resourceblocks), and there may be 1, 2, 4, 8 or 16 sub-bands for a correspondingsystem bandwidth of 1.25, 2.5, 5, 10, 15 or 20 MHz, respectively.

FIG. 2 shows a downlink FDD frame structure used in LTE/-A. Thetransmission timeline for the downlink may be partitioned into units ofradio frames. Each radio frame may have a predetermined duration (e.g.,10 milliseconds (ms)) and may be partitioned into 10 subframes withindices of 0 through 9. Each subframe may include two slots. Each radioframe may thus include 20 slots with indices of 0 through 19. Each slotmay include L symbol periods, e.g., 7 symbol periods for a normal cyclicprefix (as shown in FIG. 2) or 6 symbol periods for an extended cyclicprefix. The 2L symbol periods in each subframe may be assigned indicesof 0 through 2L-1. The available time frequency resources may bepartitioned into resource blocks. Each resource block may cover Nsubcarriers (e.g., 12 subcarriers) in one slot.

In LTE/-A, an eNodeB may send a primary synchronization signal (PSC orPSS) and a secondary synchronization signal (SSC or SSS) for each cellin the eNodeB. For FDD mode of operation, the primary and secondarysynchronization signals may be sent in symbol periods 6 and 5,respectively, in each of subframes 0 and 5 of each radio frame with thenormal cyclic prefix, as shown in FIG. 2. The synchronization signalsmay be used by UEs for cell detection and acquisition. For FDD mode ofoperation, the eNodeB may send a Physical Broadcast Channel (PBCH) insymbol periods 0 to 3 in slot 1 of subframe 0. The PBCH may carrycertain system information.

The eNodeB may send a Physical Control Format Indicator Channel (PCFICH)in the first symbol period of each subframe, as seen in FIG. 2. ThePCFICH may convey the number of symbol periods (M) used for controlchannels, where M may be equal to 1, 2 or 3 and may change from subframeto subframe. M may also be equal to 4 for a small system bandwidth,e.g., with less than 10 resource blocks. In the example shown in FIG. 2,M=3. The eNodeB may send a Physical HARQ Indicator Channel (PHICH) and aPhysical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) in the first M symbol periodsof each subframe. The PDCCH and PHICH are also included in the firstthree symbol periods in the example shown in FIG. 2. The PHICH may carryinformation to support hybrid automatic retransmission (HARQ). The PDCCHmay carry information on uplink and downlink resource allocation for UEsand power control information for uplink channels. The eNodeB may send aPhysical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) in the remaining symbol periodsof each subframe. The PDSCH may carry data for UEs scheduled for datatransmission on the downlink.

The eNodeB may send the PSC, SSC and PBCH in the center 1.08 MHz of thesystem bandwidth used by the eNodeB. The eNodeB may send the PCFICH andPHICH across the entire system bandwidth in each symbol period in whichthese channels are sent. The eNodeB may send the PDCCH to groups of UEsin certain portions of the system bandwidth. The eNodeB may send thePDSCH to groups of UEs in specific portions of the system bandwidth. TheeNodeB may send the PSC, SSC, PBCH, PCFICH and PHICH in a broadcastmanner to all UEs, may send the PDCCH in a unicast manner to specificUEs, and may also send the PDSCH in a unicast manner to specific UEs.

A number of resource elements may be available in each symbol period.Each resource element may cover one subcarrier in one symbol period andmay be used to send one modulation symbol, which may be a real orcomplex value. For symbols that are used for control channels, theresource elements not used for a reference signal in each symbol periodmay be arranged into resource element groups (REGs). Each REG mayinclude four resource elements in one symbol period. The PCFICH mayoccupy four REGs, which may be spaced approximately equally acrossfrequency, in symbol period 0. The PHICH may occupy three REGs, whichmay be spread across frequency, in one or more configurable symbolperiods. For example, the three REGs for the PHICH may all belong insymbol period 0 or may be spread in symbol periods 0, 1 and 2. The PDCCHmay occupy 9, 18, 36 or 72 REGs, which may be selected from theavailable REGs, in the first M symbol periods. Only certain combinationsof REGs may be allowed for the PDCCH.

A UE may know the specific REGs used for the PHICH and the PCFICH. TheUE may search different combinations of REGs for the PDCCH. The numberof combinations to search is typically less than the number of allowedcombinations for all UEs in the PDCCH. An eNodeB may send the PDCCH tothe UE in any of the combinations that the UE will search.

A UE may be within the coverage of multiple eNodeBs. One of theseeNodeBs may be selected to serve the UE. The serving eNodeB may beselected based on various criteria such as received power, path loss,signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), etc.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram conceptually illustrating an exemplary FDD andTDD (non-special subframe only) subframe structure in uplink LTE/-Acommunications. The available resource blocks (RBs) for the uplink maybe partitioned into a data section and a control section. The controlsection may be formed at the two edges of the system bandwidth and mayhave a configurable size. The resource blocks in the control section maybe assigned to UEs for transmission of control information. The datasection may include all resource blocks not included in the controlsection. The design in FIG. 3 results in the data section includingcontiguous subcarriers, which may allow a single UE to be assigned allof the contiguous subcarriers in the data section.

A UE may be assigned resource blocks in the control section to transmitcontrol information to an eNodeB. The UE may also be assigned resourceblocks in the data section to transmit data to the eNode B. The UE maytransmit control information in a Physical Uplink Control Channel(PUCCH) on the assigned resource blocks in the control section. The UEmay transmit only data or both data and control information in aPhysical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) on the assigned resource blocksin the data section. An uplink transmission may span both slots of asubframe and may hop across frequency as shown in FIG. 3. According toone aspect, in relaxed single carrier operation, parallel channels maybe transmitted on the UL resources. For example, a control and a datachannel, parallel control channels, and parallel data channels may betransmitted by a UE.

The PSC (primary synchronization carrier), SSC (secondarysynchronization carrier), CRS (common reference signal), PBCH, PUCCH,PUSCH, and other such signals and channels used in LTE/-A are describedin 3GPP TS 36.211, entitled “Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access(E-UTRA); Physical Channels and Modulation,” which is publiclyavailable.

FIG. 4 shows a block diagram of a design of a base station/eNodeB 110and a UE 120, which may be one of the base stations/eNodeBs and one ofthe UEs in FIG. 1. For example, the base station 110 may be the macroeNodeB 110 c in FIG. 1, and the UE 120 may be the UE 120 y. The basestation 110 may also be a base station of some other type. The basestation 110 may be equipped with antennas 434 a through 434 t, and theUE 120 may be equipped with antennas 452 a through 452 r.

At the base station 110, a transmit processor 420 may receive data froma data source 412 and control information from a controller/processor440. The control information may be for the PBCH, PCFICH, PHICH, PDCCH,etc. The data may be for the PDSCH, etc. The processor 420 may process(e.g., encode and symbol map) the data and control information to obtaindata symbols and control symbols, respectively. The processor 420 mayalso generate reference symbols, e.g., for the PSS, SSS, andcell-specific reference signal. A transmit (TX) multiple-inputmultiple-output (MIMO) processor 430 may perform spatial processing(e.g., precoding) on the data symbols, the control symbols, and/or thereference symbols, if applicable, and may provide output symbol streamsto the modulators (MODs) 432 a through 432 t. Each modulator 432 mayprocess a respective output symbol stream (e.g., for OFDM, etc.) toobtain an output sample stream. Each modulator 432 may further process(e.g., convert to analog, amplify, filter, and upconvert) the outputsample stream to obtain a downlink signal. Downlink signals frommodulators 432 a through 432 t may be transmitted via the antennas 434 athrough 434 t, respectively.

At the UE 120, the antennas 452 a through 452 r may receive the downlinksignals from the base station 110 and may provide received signals tothe demodulators (DEMODs) 454 a through 454 r, respectively. Eachdemodulator 454 may condition (e.g., filter, amplify, downconvert, anddigitize) a respective received signal to obtain input samples. Eachdemodulator 454 may further process the input samples (e.g., for OFDM,etc.) to obtain received symbols. A MIMO detector 456 may obtainreceived symbols from all the demodulators 454 a through 454 r, performMIMO detection on the received symbols if applicable, and providedetected symbols. A receive processor 458 may process (e.g., demodulate,deinterleave, and decode) the detected symbols, provide decoded data forthe UE 120 to a data sink 460, and provide decoded control informationto a controller/processor 480.

On the uplink, at the UE 120, a transmit processor 464 may receive andprocess data (e.g., for the PUSCH) from a data source 462 and controlinformation (e.g., for the PUCCH) from the controller/processor 480. Theprocessor 464 may also generate reference symbols for a referencesignal. The symbols from the transmit processor 464 may be precoded by aTX MIMO processor 466 if applicable, further processed by the modulators454 a through 454 r (e.g., for SC-FDM, etc.), and transmitted to thebase station 110. At the base station 110, the uplink signals from theUE 120 may be received by the antennas 434, processed by thedemodulators 432, detected by a MIMO detector 436 if applicable, andfurther processed by a receive processor 438 to obtain decoded data andcontrol information sent by the UE 120. The processor 438 may providethe decoded data to a data sink 439 and the decoded control informationto the controller/processor 440. The base station 110 can send messagesto other base stations, for example, over an X2 interface 441.

The controllers/processors 440 and 480 may direct the operation at thebase station 110 and the UE 120, respectively. The processor 440 and/orother processors and modules at the base station 110 may perform ordirect the execution of various processes for the techniques describedherein. The processor 480/440 and/or other processors and modules at theUE 120 and eNodeB may also perform or direct the execution of thefunctional blocks illustrated in use method flow charts shown in FIGS. 6and 7 and/or other processes for the techniques described herein. Thememories 442 and 482 may store data and program codes for the basestation 110 and the UE 120, respectively. A scheduler 444 may scheduleUEs for data transmission on the downlink and/or uplink.

There exists a present need to define various aspects of allocation oftransmission resources in a wireless communication network.

Many details of the new discrete Fourier transform (DFT)-spread SC-FDMPUCCH format have been specified in the current version of LTE-Aspecification. In a DFT-spread SC-FDM format, the same SC-FDM symbol isrepeated in time but each repetition is multiplied with a constant,where the time sequence of those constants forms an orthogonal covercode (OCC). Multiple UEs can be multiplexed in the same physicalresource (same time and same frequency) when each of the multiplexed UEsis assigned a different OCC. PUCCH format 3 specified in the currentversion of the LTE-A specification uses a version of DFT-spread SC-FDMformat combined with a per symbol cyclic shift. In this disclosure,certain additional aspects are discussed.

The demodulation reference signal (DM-RS) allocation for PUCCH format 3has not been defined. In certain designs, a mapping that increases ormaximizes the cyclic shift separation may be performed. Furthermore, aremapping may be performed across the DM-RS symbols to move closelyspaced cyclic shifts in the first symbol to larger cyclic shift distanceand/or reversed positions. In certain designs, first DM-RS symbolassignments may use a first cyclic shift and the second DM-RS symbolassignments may use a second cyclic shift. The second cyclic shiftresults in transmission resources having a greater distance than thefirst cyclic shift. The “distance” refers to the numerical differencebetween the symbol number assignments.

For the normal cyclic prefix (CP), non-shortened PUCCH format 3 (i.e.,no sounding reference signal (SRS)), the cyclic shift values may beassigned as shown in Table 1. As can be seen from the entries in Table1, the first two values in the first symbol (0 and 3) are “closer” toeach other than the first two values (0 and 8) in the second symbol.

TABLE 1 Cyclic shift values used in normal (no SRS) PUCCH format 3 innormal CP Cyclic shift Resource First DM-RS symbol Second DM-RS symbolindex with N_(SF, x) ^(PUCCH) = 5 with N_(SF, x) ^(PUCCH) = 5 0 0 0 1 38 2 5 3 3 8 10 4 10 5

For the normal cyclic prefix (CP), shortened PUCCH format 3, the cyclicshift values are given in Table 2.

TABLE 2 Cyclic shift values used in shortened PUCCH format 3 in normalCP Cyclic shift Resource First DM-RS symbol Second DM-RS symbol indexwith N_(SF, 1) ^(PUCCH) = 4 with N_(SF, 1) ^(PUCCH) = 4 0 0 0 1 3 9 2 66 3 9 3 4 0 0

For the extended cyclic prefix, non-shortened PUCCH format 3 (i.e., noSRS), the cyclic shift values are given in Table 3. In certain designs,first slot assignments may use a first cyclic shift and the second slotassignments may use a second cyclic shift. The second cyclic shiftresults in transmission resources being separated by a greater distancethan the first cyclic shift. The “distance” refers to the numericaldifference between the slot number assignments. As can be seen from theentries in Table 3, the first two values in the first slot (0 and 3) are“closer” to each other than the first two values (0 and 8) in the secondslot.

TABLE 3 Cyclic shift values used in normal (no SRS) PUCCH format 3 inextended CP Cyclic shift Resource First slot with Second slot with indexN_(SF, 0) ^(PUCCH) = 5 N_(SF, 1) ^(PUCCH) = 5 0 0 0 1 3 8 2 5 3 3 8 10 410 5

For the extended CP, shortened PUCCH format 3, the cyclic shift valuesare given in Table 4.

TABLE 4 Cyclic shift values used in shortened PUCCH format 3 in extendedCP Cyclic shift Resource First slot with Second slot with indexN_(SF, 0) ^(PUCCH) = 5 N_(SF, 1) ^(PUCCH) = 4 0 0 0 1 3 6 2 5 3 3 8 9 410 0

Note that in a slot with N_(SF) ^(PUCCH)=5, the cyclic shift separationbetween adjacent resources is 2 or 3. In a slot with N_(SF) ^(PUCCH)==4,the minimum cyclic shift separation is 3.

In the shortened PUCCH format, either resource index 0 or 4 can be usedbut not both. By allowing either resource index to be used, thescheduler flexibility to allocate shortened PUCCH format 3 dynamicallycan be increased or even maximized.

In certain designs, the same cyclic shift hopping scheme for the DM-RSas for PUCCH format 2/2a/2b may be followed. Such a cyclic shift hoppingscheme may mitigate the impact of inter-cell interference (asdistinguished from inter-UE interference in the same cell) on PUCCHformat 3 channel estimation.

The proposed cyclic shift can be implemented as shown below.

For PUCCH formats 2, 2a and 2b, a_(p)(n_(s),l) is defined by 3GPP TS36.211 Section 5.4.2.

For PUCCH format 3, a_(p)(n_(s),l) is given by

a _(p)(n _(s) ,l)=2π·n _(cs) ^((p))(n _(s) ,l)/N _(sc) ^(RB)

where

n _(cs) ^((p))(n _(s) ,l)=(n _(cs) ^(cell)(n _(s) ,l)+n′ _(p)(n _(s),l))mod N _(sc) ^(RB) ,n′ _(p)(n _(s) ,l)=s(n″ _(p)(n _(s) ,l))

and

${n_{p}^{''}\left( {n_{s},l} \right)} = \left\{ \begin{matrix}{n_{PUCCH}^{({3,p})}{{mod}N}_{{SF},0}^{PUCCH}} & {,{l = 1}} \\{\left( {3 \cdot \left( {n_{PUCCH}^{({3,p})}{{mod}N}_{{SF},0}^{PUCCH}} \right)} \right){{mod}N}_{SF}^{PUCCH}} & {,{l = 5}}\end{matrix} \right.$

for normal CP and

${n_{p}^{''}\left( {n_{s},l} \right)} = \left\{ \begin{matrix}{n_{PUCCH}^{({3,p})}{{mod}N}_{{SF},0}^{PUCCH}} & {,{l = 3},{{n_{s}{mod}\; 2} = 0}} \\{\left( {3 \cdot \left( {n_{PUCCH}^{({3,p})}{{mod}N}_{{SF},0}^{PUCCH}} \right)} \right){{mod}N}_{SF}^{PUCCH}} & {,{l = 3},{{n_{s}{mod}\; 2} = 1}}\end{matrix} \right.$

for extended CP.

TABLE 5.5.2.2.1-0 Mapping cyclic shift index n_(p) ^(″)(n_(s)) to cyclicshift value s(n_(p) ^(″)(n_(s))) s(n_(p) ^(″)(n_(s))) n_(p) ^(″)(n_(s))N_(SF) ^(PUCCH) = 5 N_(SF) ^(PUCCH) = 4 0 0 0 1 3 3 2 5 6 3 8 9 4 10 N/A

The number of reference symbols for each slot N_(RS) ^(PUCCH) and thesequence w ^((p))(n) are given by Table 5.5.2.2.1-1 and 5.5.2.2.1-3,respectively.

OCC can be defined for the PUCCH format 3 DM-RS in the normal cyclicprefix case. According to an aspect of the present disclosure, theimplementation is as follows:

For PUCCH format 3, a_(p)(n_(s),l) is given by

a _(p)(n _(s) ,l)=2π·n _(cs) ^((p))(n _(s) ,l)/N _(sc) ^(RB)

where

n _(cs) ^((p))(n _(s) ,l)=(n _(cs) ^(cell)(n _(s) ,l)+n′ _(p)(n _(s),l))mod N _(sc) ^(RB) ,n′ _(p)(n _(s) ,l)=s(n″ _(p)(n _(s) ,l))

and

n″ _(p)(n _(s))=n _(PUCCH) ^((3,p))mod N _(PUCCH) ^(SF,0)

for n_(s) mod 2=0 and

${n_{p}^{''}\left( n_{s} \right)} = \left\{ \begin{matrix}\left( {{2 \cdot {n_{p}^{''}\left( {n_{s} - 1} \right)}}{{mod}N}_{{SF},1}^{PUCCH}} \right. & {{{if}\mspace{14mu} N_{{SF},1}^{PUCCH}} = 5} \\{{n_{p}^{''}\left( {n_{s} - 1} \right)}{{mod}N}_{{SF},1}^{PUCCH}} & {otherwise}\end{matrix} \right.$

for n_(s) mod 2=1.

For PUCCH format 3, n _(oc) ^((p))(n_(s)) is given by

${{\overset{\_}{n}}_{oc}^{(p)}\left( n_{s} \right)} = \left\{ \begin{matrix}{{n_{p}^{''}\left( n_{s} \right)}{{mod}N}_{RS}^{PUCCH}} & {{{if}\mspace{14mu} N_{SF}^{PUCCH}} = 5} \\{\left\lfloor {{n_{p}^{''}\left( n_{s} \right)}\text{/}2} \right\rfloor {{mod}N}_{RS}^{PUCCH}} & {otherwise}\end{matrix} \right.$

The number of reference symbols for each slot N_(RS) ^(PUCCH) and thesequence w ^((p))(n) are given by Table 5.5.2.2.1-1 and 5.5.2.2.1-3,respectively.

TABLE 5.5.2.2.1-1 Number of PUCCH demodulation reference symbols perslot N_(RS) ^(PUCCH). PUCCH format Normal cyclic prefix Extended cyclicprefix 1, 1a, 1b 3 2 2, 3 2 1 2a, 2b 2 N/A

TABLE 5.5.2.2.1-2 Orthogonal sequences [ w ^((p))(0) . . . w^((p))(N_(RS) ^(PUCCH) − 1)] for PUCCH formats 1, 1a and 1b. Sequenceindex n _(oc) ^((p))(n_(s)) Normal cyclic prefix Extended cyclic prefix0 [1 1 1] [1 1] 1 [1 e^(j2π/3) e^(j4π/3)] [1 −1] 2 [1 e^(j4π/3)e^(j2π/3)] N/A

TABLE 5.5.2.2.1-3 Orthogonal sequences [ w ^((p))(0) . . . w^((p))(N_(RS) ^(PUCCH) − 1)] for PUCCH formats 2, 2a, 2b. Normal cyclicprefix Extended cyclic prefix [1 1] [1]

TABLE 5.5.2.2.1-4 Orthogonal sequences [ w ^((p))(0) . . . w^((p))(N_(RS) ^(PUCCH) − 1)] for PUCCH format 3. Sequence index n _(oc)^((p))(n_(s)) Normal cyclic prefix Extended cyclic prefix 0 [1 1] [1] 1[1 −1] N/A

Furthermore, the mapping of PUCCH format 3 resource indexes to OCCindexes has not been defined. In certain designs, the resource index ismapped according to the available resources in the first slot. However,a drawback of this solution is that the base station may need to keeptrack of the available resources in the shortened PUCCH format 3subframes and manage the resources to avoid collision.

In certain designs, OCC may be mapped for data. In PUCCH format 3, thesame data is transmitted on all symbols. The OCC can be used tomultiplex the UEs. In one aspect of the present disclosure, an OCC maybe remapped between the two slots of a given subframe, enhancingperformance in high Doppler scenarios. When the OCC are DFT basisfunctions then the adjacent OCC functions are the most susceptible tocross-user interference. Therefore, the remapping should move adjacentOCC functions to non-adjacent OCC functions. This can be achieved with adecimation of two of the resource indices. That is, the OCC index hopsfrom one slot to the other slot of the subframe. If the second slot hasonly four symbols, the OCC index is defined in Table 5.4.2A-1. If thesecond slot has five symbols, the hopping is derived based on equations1 and 2 below.

More specifically, the OCC index is based on a UE specific signalingparameter (e.g., the PUCCH resource index) and the spreading factor ofthe slots of the subframe. In format 3, each slot has at most fivesymbols because two symbols are occupied by the DM-RS. The second slotcan also include the SRS in the last symbol. In this case, the secondslot has only four symbols.

The proposed data OCC mapping can be implemented as shown below.

The block of bits b(0), . . . ,b(M_(bit)−1) is scrambled with aUE-specific scrambling sequence, resulting in a block of scrambled bits{tilde over (b)}(0), . . . , {tilde over (b)}(M_(bit)−1) according to{tilde over (b)}(i)=(b(i)+c(i))mod 2

where the scrambling sequence c(i) is given by Section 7.2. Thescrambling sequence generator shall be initialized withc_(init)=└n_(s)/2+1)·(2N_(ID) ^(cell)+1)·2¹⁶±n_(RNTI) at the start ofeach subframe where n_(RNTI) is the C-RNTI.

The block of scrambled bits {tilde over (b)}(0), . . . , {tilde over(b)}(M_(bit)−1) can be QPSK modulated as described in 3GPP TS 36.211Section 7.1, resulting in a block of complex-valued modulation symbolsd(0), . . . , d(M_(symb)−1) where M_(symb)=M_(bit)/2=2N_(sc) ^(RB).

The complex-valued symbols d(0), . . . , d(M_(symb)−1) is block-wisespread with the orthogonal sequence w_(n) _(oc) (i) resulting inN_(SF,0) ^(PUCCH)+N_(SF,1) ^(PUCCH) sets of N_(sc) ^(RB) values eachaccording to

${y_{n}(i)} = \left\{ {{{\begin{matrix}{{w_{n_{oc},0}\left( \overset{\_}{n} \right)} \cdot {d(i)}} & {n < N_{{SF},0}^{PUCCH}} \\{{w_{n_{oc},1}\left( \overset{\_}{n} \right)} \cdot {d\left( {N_{sc}^{RB} + i} \right)}} & {otherwise}\end{matrix}\overset{\_}{n}} = {{n\; {{mod}N}_{{SF},0}^{PUCCH}n} = 0}},\ldots \mspace{11mu},{{N_{{SF},0}^{PUCCH} + N_{{SF},1}^{PUCCH} - {1i}} = 0},1,\ldots \mspace{11mu},{N_{sc}^{RB} - 1}} \right.$

where N_(SF,0) ^(PUCCH)=N_(SF,1) ^(PUCCH)=5 for both slots in a subframeusing normal PUCCH format 3 and N_(SF,0) ^(PUCCH)=5, N_(SF,1) ^(PUCCH)=4holds for the first and second slot, respectively, in a subframe usingshortened PUCCH format 3. The orthogonal sequences w_(n) _(oc) _(,0()i)and w_(n) _(oc) _(,1)(i) are given by Table 5.4.2A-1. Resources fortransmission of PUCCH formats 3 are identified by a resource indexn_(PUCCH) ^((3,p)) from which the quantities n_(oc,0) and n_(oc,1) arederived as equation 1:

n _(oc,0) =n _(PUCCH) ^((3,p))mod N _(SF,0) ^(PUCCH)

and equation 2:

$n_{{oc},1} = \left\{ \begin{matrix}{\left( {3 \cdot \left( {n_{PUCCH}^{({3,p})}{{mod}N}_{{SF},0}^{PUCCH}} \right)} \right){{mod}N}_{{SF},1}^{PUCCH}} & {{{if}\mspace{14mu} N_{{SF},1}^{PUCCH}} = 5} \\{\left( {n_{PUCCH}^{({3,p})}{{mod}N}_{{SF},0}^{PUCCH}} \right){{mod}N}_{{SF},1}^{PUCCH}} & {otherwise}\end{matrix} \right.$

TABLE 5.4.2A-1 The orthogonal sequence w_(n) _(oc) (i). SequenceOrthogonal sequence [w_(n) _(oc) (0) . . . w_(n) _(oc) (N_(SF) ^(PUCCH)− 1)] index n_(oc) N_(SF) ^(PUCCH) = 5 N_(SF) ^(PUCCH) = 4 0 [1 1 1 1 1][+1 +1 +1 +1] 1 [1 e^(j2π/5) e^(j4π/5) e^(j6π/5) e^(j8π/5)] [+1 −1 +1−1] 2 [1 e^(j4π/5) e^(j8π/5) e^(j2π/5) e^(j6π/5)] [+1 +1 −1 −1] 3 [1e^(j6π/5) e^(j2π/5) e^(j8π/5) e^(j4π/5)] [+1 −1 −1 +1] 4 [1 e^(j8π/5)e^(j6π/5) e^(j4π/5) e^(j2π/5)] —

That is, a UE specific signaling parameter (e.g., a resource indexn_(PUCCH) ^((3,p))) may be used to derive the OCC index for both slotsof a subframe. Moreover, for the second slot, the OCC index also dependson whether four or five symbols are available (i.e., whether SRS istransmitted in the last symbol).

According to another aspect of the present disclosure, the mapping ofPUCCH format 3 resources to physical resource blocks (PRBs) is defined.Two configurations are proposed for the mapping to PRBs. In otherdesigns, a mechanism similar to Rel-8 is extended for PUCCH format 3. Insome designs, variable mapping is performed, as explained in greaterdetail below.

In some designs, a mapping similar to that described in 3GPP TS 36.3211may be used. The proposed application of mapping to physical resourcescan be implemented using the following changes to the current version ofLTE-A.

The block of complex-valued symbols z^((p))(i) is multiplied with theamplitude scaling factor β_(PUCCH), in order to conform to the specifiedtransmit power PUCCH and mapped in sequence starting with z^((p))(0) toresource elements. PUCCH uses one resource block in each of the twoslots in a subframe. Within the physical resource block used fortransmission, the mapping of z^((p))(i) to resource elements (k,l) onantenna port p and not used for transmission of reference signals is inincreasing order of first k, then l and finally the slot number,starting with the first slot in the subframe.

The physical resource blocks to be used for transmission of PUCCH inslot n_(s) are given by

$n_{PRB} = \left\{ \begin{matrix}\left\lfloor \frac{m}{2} \right\rfloor & {{{if}\mspace{14mu} \left( {m + {n_{s}{mod}\; 2}} \right){mod}\; 2} = 0} \\{N_{RB}^{UL} - 1 - \left\lfloor \frac{m}{2} \right\rfloor} & {{{if}\mspace{14mu} \left( {m + {n_{s}{mod}\; 2}} \right){mod}\; 2} = 1}\end{matrix} \right.$

where the variable m depends on the PUCCH format. For formats 1, 1a and1b

$\begin{matrix}{m = \left\{ \begin{matrix}N_{RB}^{(2)} & {{{if}\mspace{14mu} n_{PUCCH}^{({1,p})}} < {c \cdot {N_{cs}^{(1)}/\Delta_{shift}^{PUCCH}}}} \\{\left\lfloor \frac{n_{PUCCH}^{({1,p})} - {{c \cdot N_{cs}^{(1)}}\text{/}\Delta_{shift}^{PUCCH}}}{{c \cdot N_{sc}^{RB}}\text{/}\Delta_{shift}^{PUCCH}} \right\rfloor + N_{RB}^{(2)} + \left\lceil \frac{N_{cs}^{(1)}}{8} \right\rceil} & {otherwise}\end{matrix} \right.} & \; \\{\mspace{79mu} {c = \left\{ \begin{matrix}3 & {{normal}\mspace{14mu} {cyclic}\mspace{14mu} {prefix}} \\2 & {{extended}\mspace{14mu} {cyclic}\mspace{14mu} {prefix}}\end{matrix} \right.}} & \;\end{matrix}$

for formats 2, 2a and 2b

m=└n _(PUCCH) ^((2,p)) /N _(sc) ^(RB)┘

and for format 3

m=└n _(PUCCH) ^((3,p)) /N _(SF,0) ^(PUCCH)┘

It may be appreciated that the index m is calculated using anupper-layer configured parameter for formats 2/2a/2b and using aspreading factor dependent denominator for format 3. Therefore, while 12different values may be possible for formats 2/2a/2b, four or fivedifferent values are possible for format 3.

In addition, considering DFT-S-OFDM is not compatible with Rel-8 PUCCHformat 1/1a/1b and PUCCH format 2/2a/2b, the physical resource blocksused for DFT-S-OFDM should be configured by higher layers. Similar toresource configuration for PUCCH in Rel-8, the parameter: N_(RB) ⁽²⁾ canbe reused to signal the total amount of resource blocks taken by PUCCHformat 2/2a/2b and DFT-S-OFDM. Note that in order to support mixedresource blocks where PUCCH format 1/1a/1b and PUCCH format 2/2a/2b areco-existing, the last PRB in the set of N_(RB) ⁽²⁾ RBs for PUCCH format2/2a/2b and DFT-S-OFDM should not be used for DFT-S-OFDM (see FIG. 5).

FIG. 5 depicts an example PRB allocation scheme 500. Each block, such asblock 502, represents a PRB allocated to a corresponding PUCCHtransmission.

Note that the allocation in FIG. 5 is just an example, and that otherallocations are possible. It will be appreciated that the PRB allocation500 maintains that the UE 120 uses N_(RB) ⁽²⁾ parameter similar to Rel-8for dynamic ACK resource determination.

As mentioned above, the previously discussed mapping scheme may keep theformat 3 resource to PRB mapping constant, both from the UE perspectiveand from the overall cell-specific format 3 utilization perspective. Insome designs, the eNB may implement a collision avoidance scheme inshortened PUCCH format 3 subframes.

An alternative solution is to make the format 3 resource to PRB mappingvariable. In this case, the eNB 110 may not implement a complicatedcollision resolution algorithm; however, the eNodeB implements a schemeto utilize the ‘recycled’ PRBs, if and when they occur in normal PUCCHformat 3 subframes.

In another aspect, the alternative solution may introduce a new layer 3configured parameter to indicate the format 3 start PRB. The alternativemapping can be implemented as shown below for format 3.

m=└n _(PUCCH) ^((3,p)) /N _(SF,1) ^(PUCCH) ┘+N _(RB) ^((3,p))

where N_(RB) ^((3,p)) is the frequency offset used for mapping the firstPUCCH format 3 resource, expressed in multiples of N_(sc) ^(RB).

For PUCCH format 3, a_(p)(n_(s),l) is given by

a _(p)(n _(s) ,l)=2π·n _(cs) ^((p))(n _(s) ,l)/N _(sc) ^(RB)

where

n′ _(p)(n _(s))=s(n″ _(p)(n _(s)))

and

n″ _(p)(n _(s))=n _(PUCCH) ^((3,p))mod N _(SF,0) ^(PUCCH)

for n_(s) mod 2=0 and

${n_{p}^{''}\left( n_{s} \right)} = \left\{ \begin{matrix}{\left( {2 \cdot {n_{p}^{''}\left( {n_{s} - 1} \right)}} \right){{mod}N}_{{SF},1}^{PUCCH}} & {{{if}\mspace{14mu} N_{{SF},1}^{PUCCH}} = 5} \\{n_{PUCCH}^{({3,p})}{{mod}N}_{{SF},1}^{PUCCH}} & {otherwise}\end{matrix} \right.$

for n_(s) mod 2=1.

The number of reference symbols per slot N_(RS) ^(PUCCH) and thesequence w ^((p))(n) are given by Table 5.5.2.2.1-1 and 5.5.2.2.1-3,respectively.

According to another aspect of the present disclosure, data encoding isconsidered. Currently, (32, O) Reed-Muller (RM) code from Rel-8 isreused for PUCCH format 3 when the payload is less than or equal to 11bits. For payloads greater than 11 bits, tail biting convolutionalcoding (TBCC) can be used for data encoding, as in Rel-8. In anotherconfiguration, the payload can be divided into two halves and each halfencoded with the Rel-8 (32, O) RM code. The 32 coded bits for each halfpayload are truncated into 24 bits, and then the two sets of 24 codedbits are interleaved over two slots.

As discussed above, additional details of PUCCH format 3 definitionshave been disclosed. In a design, cyclic shift hopping for DM-RS may beimplemented by applying the same cyclic shift hopping as for Format2/2a/2b. In another design, cyclic shift allocation for DM-RS may beimplemented to maximize the distance between closest cyclic shiftsand/or reverse relative position of adjacent cyclic shifts. In yetanother design, mapping of resource index to data OCC index may beimplemented. In still another design, data OCC index mapping may beimplemented by applying OCC remapping across slots to improveinterference suppression in large power imbalance. Moreover, resourceassignment to PRBs has been discussed

FIG. 6 is a flow chart of a process of wireless communication. Themethod includes, at block 602, allocating PUCCH data in a first slot toa first OCC. At block 604, PUCCH data in a second slot of the samesubframe is allocated to a different OCC. The PUCCH data may be inaccordance with PUCCH format 3. In an aspect, the first OCC and thesecond OCC may be based on a UE specific signaling parameter such as aresource index that identifies resources used for transmitting the PUCCHdata. In another aspect, the second OCC may be further based on a numberof symbols available for data in the second slot. In one aspect, OCCsare selected across slots to facilitate interference suppression. Theinterference suppression may be useful when received power for one UE isdominant over received power for another UE. The interferencesuppression may be useful when there is high Doppler fading of one orboth UEs, resulting in greater interference between transmitted datasignals.

FIG. 7 is a flow chart of another process for wireless communication. Atblock 702, PUCCH resources are mapped to physical resource blocks. Themapping is based on a UE specific signaling parameter, and a number ofsymbols in a slot of a subframe. At block 704, communication occurs inaccordance with the PRB mapping. In an aspect, the mapping is furtherbased on a frequency offset used for mapping a first PUCCH format 3resource. The frequency offset may be expressed in multiples of N_(sc)^(RB) (which is a resource block size in the frequency domain, expressedas a number of subcarriers).

FIG. 8 is a flow chart of another process for wireless communication. Atblock 802, the eNodeB (such as eNodeB 110) determines UE specificsignaling parameters. At block 804, the eNodeB 110 transmits UE specificsignaling parameters to the UE 120 to select first and second OCCs usedfor PUCCH data transmission.

In one configuration, the UE 120 is configured for wirelesscommunication including means for transmitting. In one aspect, thetransmitting means may be the memory 482, controller/processor 480,transmit processor 464, transmit MIMO processor 466, modulators 454a-454 r and/or antenna 452 a-452 r configured to perform the functionsrecited by the transmitting means. The UE 120 is also configured toinclude means for determining. In one aspect, the determining means maybe the memory 482 and/or controller/processor 480 configured to performthe functions recited by the determining means. In another aspect, theaforementioned means may be a module or any apparatus configured toperform the functions recited by the aforementioned means.

In one configuration, the eNodeB 110 is configured for wirelesscommunication including means for receiving. In one aspect, thereceiving means may be the receive processor 438, transmit MIMO detector436, demodulators 432 a-t, controller/processor 430 and/or antenna 434a-t configured to perform the functions recited by the receiving means.The eNodeB 110 is also configured to include a means for despreading. Inone aspect, the dispreading means may be the controller/processor 440and memory 442 configured to perform the functions recited by thedispreading means. The eNodeB 110 is also configured to include a meansfor determining. In one aspect, the determining means may be thecontroller/processor 440 and/or memory 442 configured to perform thefunctions recited by the determining means. In another aspect, theaforementioned means may be a module or any apparatus configured toperform the functions recited by the aforementioned means.

It will be appreciated that techniques for cyclically shiftingallocation of DM-RS between two transmission symbols or slots aredisclosed. In one aspect, the distance (i.e., slot index) betweencyclically shifted transmission resources are increased or maximized.Furthermore, in certain designs, the same hopping as for PUCCH formats2/2a/2b may be employed.

It will be further appreciated that techniques are disclosed forapplying orthogonal cover codes (OCC) for reference signals transmittedas DM-RS. In one aspect, orthogonally coding DM-RS transmissions may beadvantageous to suppress inter-UE interference, especially when there isa large power imbalance between interfering UEs (i.e., one UE's receivedpower dominates over another UE's received power).

It will further be appreciated that the disclosed techniques maintain aresource index to physical resource block (PRB) mapping across normaland shortened PUCCH format 3 frames. In one aspect, OCCs are remappedacross slots to facilitate interference suppression. The interferencesuppression may be useful when received power for one UE is dominantover received power for another UE. The interference suppression may beuseful when there is high Doppler fading of one or both UEs, resultingin greater interference between transmitted DM-RS signals.

Those of skill in the art would understand that information and signalsmay be represented using any of a variety of different technologies andtechniques. For example, data, instructions, commands, information,signals, bits, symbols, and chips that may be referenced throughout theabove description may be represented by voltages, currents,electromagnetic waves, magnetic fields or particles, optical fields orparticles, or any combination thereof.

Those of skill would further appreciate that the various illustrativelogical blocks, modules, and algorithm steps described in connectionwith the disclosure herein may be implemented as electronic hardware,computer software, or combinations of both. To clearly illustrate thisinterchangeability of hardware and software, various illustrativecomponents, blocks, modules, circuits, and steps have been describedabove generally in terms of their functionality. Whether suchfunctionality is implemented as hardware or software depends upon theparticular application and design constraints imposed on the overallsystem. Skilled artisans may implement the described functionality invarying ways for each particular application, but such implementationdecisions should not be interpreted as causing a departure from thescope of the present disclosure.

The various illustrative logical blocks, modules, and circuits describedin connection with the disclosure herein may be implemented or performedwith a general-purpose processor, a digital signal processor (DSP), anapplication specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a field programmablegate array (FPGA) or other programmable logic device, discrete gate ortransistor logic, discrete hardware components, or any combinationthereof designed to perform the functions described herein. Ageneral-purpose processor may be a microprocessor, but in thealternative, the processor may be any conventional processor,controller, microcontroller, or state machine. A processor may also beimplemented as a combination of computing devices, e.g., a combinationof a DSP and a microprocessor, a plurality of microprocessors, one ormore microprocessors in conjunction with a DSP core, or any other suchconfiguration.

The steps of a method or algorithm described in connection with thedisclosure herein may be embodied directly in hardware, in a softwaremodule executed by a processor, or in a combination of the two. Asoftware module may reside in RAM memory, flash memory, ROM memory,EPROM memory, EEPROM memory, registers, hard disk, a removable disk, aCD-ROM, or any other form of storage medium known in the art. Anexemplary storage medium is coupled to the processor such that theprocessor can read information from, and write information to, thestorage medium. In the alternative, the storage medium may be integralto the processor. The processor and the storage medium may reside in anASIC. The ASIC may reside in a user terminal. In the alternative, theprocessor and the storage medium may reside as discrete components in auser terminal.

In one or more exemplary designs, the functions described may beimplemented in hardware, software, firmware, or any combination thereof.If implemented in software, the functions may be stored on ortransmitted over as one or more instructions or code on acomputer-readable medium. Computer-readable media includes both computerstorage media and communication media including any medium thatfacilitates transfer of a computer program from one place to another. Astorage media may be any available media that can be accessed by ageneral purpose or special purpose computer. By way of example, and notlimitation, such computer-readable media can comprise RAM, ROM, EEPROM,CD-ROM or other optical disk storage, magnetic disk storage or othermagnetic storage devices, or any other medium that can be used to carryor store desired program code means in the form of instructions or datastructures and that can be accessed by a general-purpose orspecial-purpose computer, or a general-purpose or special-purposeprocessor. Disk and disc, as used herein, includes compact disc (CD),laser disc, optical disc, digital versatile disc (DVD), floppy disk andblu-ray disc where disks usually reproduce data magnetically, whilediscs reproduce data optically with lasers. Combinations of the aboveshould also be included within the scope of computer-readable media.

The previous description of the disclosure is provided to enable anyperson skilled in the art to make or use the disclosure. Variousmodifications to the disclosure will be readily apparent to thoseskilled in the art, and the generic principles defined herein may beapplied to other variations without departing from the spirit or scopeof the disclosure. Thus, the disclosure is not intended to be limited tothe examples and designs described herein but is to be accorded thewidest scope consistent with the principles and novel features disclosedherein.

What is claimed is:
 1. A method of wireless communication, comprising:determining a user equipment (UE) specific signaling parameter; andtransmitting in accordance with physical uplink control channel (PUCCH)resources mapped to physical resource blocks (PRBs) based on the UEspecific signaling parameter and a number of symbols in a slot of asubframe.
 2. The method of claim 1, in which the user equipment (UE)specific signaling parameter for a plurality of UEs is selected in a waythat a metric of estimated interference between a pair of UEs isdifferent between a first slot of the subframe and a second slot of thesubframe.
 3. The method of claim 2, in which the metric of estimatedinterference is expected average cross-correlation in time varying radiochannels between the two OCCs assigned to the pair of UEs.
 4. The methodof claim 2, in which the PUCCH resources mapped to PRBs is further basedon a frequency offset that is used for mapping a first PUCCH format 3resource.
 5. A method of wireless communication, comprising: determininga user equipment (UE) specific signaling parameter; and receiving inaccordance with physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resources mappedto physical resource blocks (PRBs) based on the UE specific signalingparameter and a number of symbols in a slot of a subframe.
 6. Anapparatus for wireless communication, comprising: a memory; and at leastone processor coupled to the memory, the at least one processor beingconfigured: to determine a user equipment (UE) specific signalingparameter; and to transmit in accordance with physical uplink controlchannel (PUCCH) resources mapped to physical resource blocks (PRBs)based on the UE specific signaling parameter and a number of symbols ina slot of a subframe.
 7. The apparatus of claim 6, in which the UEspecific signaling parameter for a plurality of UEs is selected in a waythat a metric of estimated interference between a pair of UEs isdifferent between a first slot of the subframe and a second slot of thesubframe.
 8. The apparatus of claim 7, in which the metric of estimatedinterference is expected average cross-correlation in time varying radiochannels between the two OCCs assigned to the pair of UEs.
 9. Theapparatus of claim 7, in which the PUCCH resources mapped to PRBs isfurther based on a frequency offset that is used for mapping a firstPUCCH format 3 resource.
 10. An apparatus for wireless communication,comprising: a memory; and at least one processor coupled to the memory,the at least one processor being configured: to determine a userequipment (UE) specific signaling parameter; and to receive inaccordance with physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resources mappedto physical resource blocks (PRBs) based on the UE specific signalingparameter and a number of symbols in a slot of a subframe.
 11. Anapparatus for wireless communication, comprising: means for determininga user equipment (UE) specific signaling parameter; and means fortransmitting in accordance with physical uplink control channel (PUCCH)resources mapped to physical resource blocks (PRBs) based on the UEspecific signaling parameter and a number of symbols in a slot of asubframe.
 12. An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising: meansfor determining a user equipment (UE) specific signaling parameter; andmeans for receiving in accordance with physical uplink control channel(PUCCH) resources mapped to physical resource blocks (PRBs) based on theUE specific signaling parameter and a number of symbols in a slot of asubframe.
 13. A computer program product for wireless communication in awireless network, comprising: a computer-readable medium havingnon-transitory program code recorded thereon, the program codecomprising: program code to determine a user equipment (UE) specificsignaling parameter; and program code to transmit in accordance withphysical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resources mapped to physicalresource blocks (PRBs) based on the UE specific signaling parameter anda number of symbols in a slot of a subframe.
 14. A computer programproduct for wireless communication in a wireless network, comprising: acomputer-readable medium having non-transitory program code recordedthereon, the program code comprising: program code to program code todetermine a user equipment (UE) specific signaling parameter; andprogram code to receive in accordance with physical uplink controlchannel (PUCCH) resources mapped to physical resource blocks (PRBs)based on the UE specific signaling parameter and a number of symbols ina slot of a subframe.